Fashion Icons Are Donating Huge Amounts Of Money To Barack Obama Based On What His Wife Is Wearing

To aid her hubby's reelection campaign, First Lady
Michelle Obama has formed a de facto Super PAC,
of sorts.

But the group's members aren't your typical political power
players or financial bigwigs. Instead, the Obama's have benefited
from millions of dollars in campaign funding from the likes of
Anna Wintour and Tori Burch in
the fashion industry,The
Washington Postreports.

According to Federal Election Commission filings, nearly 50
percent of the designers worn by Mrs. Obama have donated to her
husband's 2008 and 2012 campaigns.

But how about sartorial support for the Right? Well, not so fast.
Not a single one of the designers worn by the First Lady during
the president's first term gave to Republican candidates in 2008
or 2012, according to The Post.

In terms of money, Anna Wintour, Tory Burch, and Scarlett
Johansson headline a group of fashion icons and
style-inclined celebrities standing at the ready for the Obama
presidency.

According to Obama's campaign, Wintour has given almost $500,000
to the Obama Victory Fund. Burch, for her part, contributed
nearly $35,000. And Johannsen co-hosted a Runway to Win campaign
for designers to raise funds for the reelection campaign.

The First Lady has worn more than 50 different labels since 2008.
Sure, she's donned the finest accoutrements from fashion icons
such as Michael Kors and Diane von
Furstenberg, but she's also acted modestly in her
wardrobe choices, wearing up-and-coming designers and moderately
priced labels like J. Crew
and Talbots.